Vapor-generating device.



A. M. MYERS. VAPOR GENERATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED mac. 3. 911.

1,299,598. Patented Apr. 8,1919.

AMBER! M. MYERS, or DAYTON, onro.

' VAPOR-GENERATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

. Application filed December a. 1917. Serial No. 205,147.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, AMBERT M. MYERS, a citizen of the. United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-GeneratingDevices, of which thefollowing is a speclfication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in vaporgenerating devices. "The principal object of the invention is to providea simple and efiectivie generating devicejfor supplying thoroughlydifiused vapors for bath'cabinets and other uses.

The preferred form of embodiment of my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure-1 is an elevational View, partlybroken away, of the generating unit of my improved device. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the base portion of the latter. Fig. 3 is a side viewof the tray containing portion of the generating unit, being broken awayto showsome of the staggered chemical containing trays. Fig. 4 is a sideview, partly broken away, of thedistributing unit of my improved device.Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the condensing trap. portion of thedistributing unit. And

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the trap portion of the latter.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference charactersdenote corresponding parts.

Referrin to the accompanying drawings, the numera 1 designates arelatively square sanitary base containing a central rib 2 whichsupports an apertured gas burner 8 of preferably ring shape. This burneris supplied with gas or other combustible me dium throughapipe 4. (SeeFigs.1 and 2.)

Suitably supported upon the base 1 within its flanged portion 5, is thehollow lower end of a cabinet 6. The latter contains a partition 7 whichpreferably slopes downwardly toward a central opening 8 which extendsupwardly through a tubular part 9. Above the latter the cabinet isformed to provide a space to receive a plurality of superimposed trays10 which preferably rest upon brackets 11 secured to the walls of thecabinet. A slide 12 is provided to enable said trays to be readilyinserted and withdrawn. The cabinet has a sloping top 13 with preferablytwo chimney or vapor outlet portions 14 14.

Supported upon the base 1 above the burner 3, isa drum 15 to which wateror other liquid is admitted through a pipe 16. lVhen the gas in theburner is ignited, steam vapors'formed in the drum 15 will ascendthrough openings provided therein, and the opening 8, to thetray-containing portion of the cabinet.

- Each of the trays 10 contains a chemical, mineral or other substanceWhose beneficial qualities it is desired to impart to the ascendingvapors, for transferrence by them to the bathv cabinet or other meansdesigned to re ceive them. These trays are disposed in staggeredrelation, to permit the steam vapor to circulate between them; that is,each tray is so placed within the cabinet that there is an opening leftbetween one of its ends and the cabinet wall, for the vapor to ascend tothe tray above, with suflicient space left between the trays for thevapor to readily pass from one end opening to the other. As shown inFig. 3, the lowermost tray has not been forced all the way in thecabinet, to leave sufficient space between its inner end and the cabinetwall to permit the vapor to pass from the tube 9 to the tray above, thelatter tray being in its innermost position to leave an opening betweenits outer end and the cabinet wall to admit the vapor to the space aboveit, and so on to insure a thorough circulation of the vapor around thetrays before it can leave the cabinet through the outlet portions 14 14of the latter. Thus it is possible for the va ors to effectively receivefrom the trays, t ose properties which their contents are designed toimpart. (See Figs. 1 and 3.)

The vapors are distributed by the unit now to be described. Referring toFig. 4, the numeral 17 designates a cabinet having a hollow uppervapor-receiving portion 18 provided with an opening 19 forcommunication, through a conduit not shown, with one of the vapor outletportions 14 of the cabinet 6. A partition 20 separates the upper cabinetportion 18 from its lower portion, the latter being adapted to receive aremovable drawer-shaped pan 21.

For the purpose of permitting any condensation resulting from thevapors, to pass to the pan 21, and at the same time preventing anyvapors from entering it, the following trap construction is provided.Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the partition 20 has a central opening 22through which the condensation may pass to a cone shaped receptacle 23secured to the bottom face portion of said partition. In the top part ofthe receptacle 23 there are provided two oppositely disposed triangularslots 24 24 through which the condensed vapor may pass to the pan 21.However, before it can enter these slots, the liquid must first passthrough a tapering tubular member 25 secured to the partition 20, andextending into the conical receptacle 23 a SllfilCleIlt distance tobring its lower end below the triangular slots'24. Accordingly, thecondensed vapor cannot escape to the pan 21 through the slots 24, whichare outside the member 25, until it has filled the bottom of theconicalreceptacle 23 above the level of the lower end of the hollow member 25.Therefore, there will be present in the lower end of the conicalreceptacle 23, suflicient liquid to form a seal against any vapor whichmight otherwise pass out through the triangular slots 24. Nothing butthe condensed vapor can descend to the pan 21, with the result that allthe rest of it may be conducted through the outlet tubes 26 26 in thetop of the cabinet 17, to bath cabinets or other apparatus designed toreceive it.

I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction andarrangement herein shown and described, and any changes or modificationsmay be made therein within the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1; In a device of the type described, the combination with a vaporgenerator, ofa vapor distributing cabinet, a hollow vaporreceivingcompartment therein having a hole provided in its bottom portion, aconden'sation receiving receptacle below said hole, a hollow memberwhose upper end is secured to the bottom of said compartment around saidhole, and whose lower end extends well into said receptacle, saidreceptacle having outlet holes provided therein above the lower end ofthe hollow member to discharge the condensation, and a vapor outlet insaid compartment above the hole in the bottom of the latter.

2. In a device of the type described, "the combination of a vaporgenerator, of a vapor distributing cabinet, .a hollow vapor-receivingcompartment therein having a hole provided in its bottom portion,aconical receptacle below said hole .to receive the condensed vapor, a"tapering hollow member whose upper enlarged end is secured to thebottom of said compartment around said hole, and whose lower end extendswell into said receptacle, said conical receptacle being provided with apair of triangular slots above the lower end of said tapering member todischarge the condensation. after the latter has filled the conicalreceptacle to a level above the mouth of the tapering member, and avapor :ou'tle't 'in'said compartmen't above the hole in the bottom of1th latter. I

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day ofNovember, 1917. AMBER-T MYERS. Witness: 7

HOWARD S. SMITH.-

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